Handle-mount for plows.



T. M. MANNING. HANDLE MOUNT FOR FLOWS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1912.

1,060,924, Patented May 6, 1913.

THOMAS M. MANNING, OF HOME, GEORGIA.

HANDLE-MOUNT FOR FLOWS.

Application filed. July 10, 1912. Serial No. 708,598.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. MANNING,- citizen of the United States, residing at Rome, in the county of Floyd and State of Georgia, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Handle-Mounts for Flows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to handle mounts for plows and has for its object to provide a mount of simple, and durable structure, the application of which to the plow does not materially weaken the plow beam or the handles supported by the at tachment.

A further object of the invention is to provide in an attachment of the character stated means for adjusting the handles longitudinally to adapt them to persons of large or small statue, and also means for pitching the handles at a desired angle with relation to the long dimension of the plow beam, in order that an operator may guide and control the plow with ease.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plow stock with the handle mount applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the plow stock and handle mount out on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the handle mount cut on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the rear portion of the plow beam and the handle mount cut on the hue 4-1 of Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all of the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the plow includes a beam 1 to which is pivotally attached a standard 2. The said standard is adapted to carry at its lower end a plow point of any desired configuration and the upper forward end of the standard is provided with a series of openings 3. A. bolt 4 passes transversely through the beam 1 and through any of the openings 8, which may be brought into register with the bolt opening in the beam. It is obvious by this arrangement that the bolt 4 may be passed through any of the openings 3 by swinging the standard and therefore the standard may be pitched at a desired angle with relation to the long dimension of the beam.

A rack plate 5 is located upon the upper edge of the rear portion of the beam 1. This plate 5 is provided at its upper surface and at its intermediate portion with a series of teeth 6. The end portions of the rack plate 5 are wedge-shaped or beveled as at 7 and the said wedge-shaped portions are provided with-slots 8 which extend from the ends of the plate 5 and are disposed longitudinally of the said plate. Bolts 9 pass through the slots 8 and also through the beam 1. The heads of the said bolts'bear against the upper inclined surfaces of the wedge-shaped end portions 7 of the plate 5. Therefore, it will be seen that by loosening the bolts 9, the plate 5 may be moved longitudinally under the heads of the bolts 9 so that the position of the said plate may be adjusted along the beam 1. The object in providing the plate 5 with the wedge-shaped end portions 7 is to prevent the plate from moving too freely when it is being adjusted along the beam. That is to say the bolts 9 are loosened sufficiently to permit the plate to be moved, but when the plate is approximately in the desired position upon the beam, the heads of the bolts will bind the plate so that it will be necessary to drive or knock the plate to the exact position that it is desired to place the same upon the beam. After the plate has been properly positioned upon the beam, the securing bolts 9 are tightened and the wedgeshaped ends of the plate co-act with the heads of the bolts to securely hold the plate in the position to which it has been adjusted.

Cufis 10 are located at the opposite sides of the beam 1. These cuffs are provided at their lower ends with slots 11. The lower ends of handles 12 are received within the cuffs l0 and the said handles are slotted at their lower ends as at 13. Clips 14. are located against the outer sides of the lower end portions of the handles 12 and a pivot bolt 15 passes transversely through the clips 14 and the slots 13 and 11 of the handles and cuffs respectively. The said bolt also passes transversely through the beam 1. The handles 12 are also provided at points between their ends with slots 16. Clips 17 are located against the outer sides of the handles 12 over the slots 16 and a securing bolt 18 passes through the clips 17 and the slots 16 and the intermediate portion of the said bolt is adapted to lie between any two adjacent teeth 6 of the rackplate 5.

From the above description, it is obvious that by loosening the bolts 15 and 18, the handles 12 may be adjusted longitudinally in the cuffs 10, so that they may be adapted for convenient use by persons of large or small statue. It will also be seen that by loosening the bolt 18 and swinging the upper portions of the handles 12 upon the pivot bolt 5, that the handles may be pitched at a desired angle with relation to the long dimension of the beam 1. In view of the fact that the securing bolt 18 which engages the teeth 6 of the rack plate5 is in such close proximity to the pivot bolt 15, it is necessary to provide means for adjusting the plate 5 upon the beam 1 in order to position the upper ends of the handles 12 to a desired distance from the surface of the ground when the handles are adjusted angularly with relation to the long dimension of the beam. For this reason the adjusting and securing features in connection with the said plate hereinbefore described are provided. In other words if no provision was made for shifting the plate 5 upon the beam 1, the upper ends of the handles 12 would describe arcs of comparatively great length which, in many instances would position the upper ends of the handlestoo high or too low for convenient use, but by providing the shiftable plate as described, the angular disposition of the handles with relation to the beam may be effected and at the same time the upper ends of the handles may be maintained at any desired distance above the surface of the ground.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination with a plow beam, a handle mount comprising a plate having teeth and provided with wedge-shaped end portions having slots, securing bolts passing through the slots and having their heads engaging the inclined surfaces of the wedgeshaped end portions of the plate, said bolts also passing through the beam, handles located at the sides of the beam, a pivot bolt passing through the handles and the beam and a securing bolt passing through the ban dles and having its intermediate portion lying between the teeth of the plate.

2. In combination with a plow beam, a handle mount comprising a plate having teeth and provided with wedge-shaped end portions having slots, bolts passing through the slots of the plate and passing through the beam and having their heads in engagement with the inclined surfaces of the wedge shaped portions of the plate, handles located at the opposite sides of the beam and pro vided at their lower ends with slots and having at points between their ends other slots,

a pivot bolt passing through the first men-- tioned slots of the handles and through the beam and the bolt passing through the last mentioned slots of the handles and having its intermediate portion lying between the teeth of the plate.

3.'In combination with a plow beam, 2.

handle mount comprising a plate having teeth and provided with wedge-shaped end portions having slots, bolts passing through the slots of the plate and also passing through the beam and having their heads bearing against the inclined surfaces of the wedgeshaped end portions of the plate,

cuffs located at the opposite sides of the beam and provided at their lower ends with slots, handles received within the end and provided at their lower ends with slots and at points between their ends with other slots, a pivot bolt passing through the lower slots of the handles and also passing through THOMAS M. MANNING.

Witnesses:

JAMES MADDOX, PAUL H. DOYAL.

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